Paul Birch

Born: 1912-01-13

Paul Birch (born January 13, 1912, Atmore, Alabama – died May 24, 1969, St. George's, Grenada) was an American actor of stage and film. Birch was born Paul Smith in Atmore, Alabama. He was a veteran of 39 movies, 50 stage dramas and a number of television shows including the Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951). In the late 1950s he starred, along with William Campbell, in the syndicated Canadian series Cannonball (1958), a half-hour drama/adventure show about truckers. He was the original "Marlboro Man" in TV commercials and played both Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee in several historical plays. He started out as the first of the original members of the Pasadena Playhouse and his stage work included The Caine Mutiny. He also had a recurring role as Captain Carpenter, the boss of Lt. Phillip Gerard in The Fugitive starring David Janssen. He starred in some low-budget science-fiction films in the 1950s, including The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955), Day the World Ended (1955), Not of This Earth (1957) and the cult classic Queen of Outer Space (1958). Birch also had small roles in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1967). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Birch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Rebel Without a Cause

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Released: 1955-10-27

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate,...

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The Beast with a Million Eyes

as Allan Kelley
Released: 1955-06-15

At a decrepit farm outside a remote American desert community, something takes over the minds of...

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The War of the Worlds

as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
Released: 1953-08-13

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they...

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Mayor Winder
Released: 1962-04-13

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard (James Stewart) attends the funeral of a local man named...

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Day the World Ended

as Jim Madison
Released: 1955-12-01

After a nuclear attack, an unlikely group of survivors, including a geologist, a crook and his...

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Not of This Earth

as Paul Johnson
Released: 1957-02-10

An agent from a distant planet has been sent to earth to ship large quantities of blood to his...

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Two Rode Together

as Judge Edward Purcell
Released: 1961-05-24

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

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The Spirit of St. Louis

as Blythe (uncredited)
Released: 1957-04-01

Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York...

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Cattle Queen of Montana

as Col. Carrington
Released: 1954-11-18

Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.

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Man Without a Star

as Mark Toliver
Released: 1955-03-24

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

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Gunman's Walk

as Bob Selkirk
Released: 1958-07-01

A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing...

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The Glory Guys

as Commanding General
Released: 1965-07-07

Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the...

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The 27th Day

as Admiral
Released: 1957-01-07

Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves...

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Ride Clear of Diablo

as Fred Kenyon
Released: 1954-02-10

A young railroad surveyor returns to his hometown to find the man who murdered his father and...

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Welcome to Hard Times

as Mr. Fee
Released: 1967-04-30

A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its...

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Too Soon to Love

as uncredited
Released: 1960-02-01

Unmarried teenage lovers turn to desperate measures after their clandestine tryst results in an...

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Portrait in Black

as Detective lieutenant
Released: 1960-07-27

A pair of lovers plot to kill the woman's rich husband.

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Strange Lady in Town

as Sheriff
Released: 1955-04-12

Julia Garth, a female doctor, plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe...

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Gun for a Coward

as Andy Niven
Released: 1956-12-30

A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a...

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Queen of Outer Space

as Prof. Konrad
Released: 1958-09-07

A mission to Venus discovers the planet inhabited only by women led by their evil Queen Yllana....

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Counterpoint

as uncredited
Released: 1967-12-22

In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO...

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The Raiders

as Paul King
Released: 1963-12-01

Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.

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Five Guns West

as J.C. Haggard
Released: 1955-04-15

During the Civil War, five condemned Southern prisoners are plucked off Death Row and promised...

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as Sy Phillips
Released: 1958-08-01

Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of...

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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

as Bill Simpson (uncredited)
Released: 1966-10-12

A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier...

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Assignment: Paris

as Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
Released: 1952-09-04

Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders)...

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Wild Heritage

as Jake Breslin
Released: 1958-07-23

Travails of a family heading West in a covered wagon.

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A Covenant with Death

as Governor
Released: 1967-02-15

An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged...

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The Tattered Dress

as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Released: 1957-03-14

After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe...

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A Public Affair

as Malcomb Hardy
Released: 1962-03-03

Expository internal affairs drama which brings to light the often unprincipled tactics used in...

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Apache Woman

as Sherrif
Released: 1955-09-15

A government agent ventures west to look into reports that Apaches are behind a recent wave of...

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When Gangland Strikes

as Sheriff Mack McBride
Released: 1956-03-15

In this crime drama, mobsters swear to get revenge upon a zealous public prosecutor as he tries...

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Everything But the Truth

as Sen. Winter
Released: 1956-12-01

Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at...

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Joe Dakota

as Frank Weaver
Released: 1957-10-27

A stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the...

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Gunmen from Laredo

as Marshal Matt Crawford
Released: 1959-03-01

A framed Texas rancher escapes from prison for a showdown with a saloonkeeper.

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Adventure

as First Mate (uncredited)
Released: 1945-12-28

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

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The World Was His Jury

as Martin Ranker
Released: 1958-01-01

A sea captain stands trial for manslaughter after 162 people are killed in a fire aboard his...

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The Fighting Chance

as Auctioneer
Released: 1955-12-15

A horse trainer and his friend, a jockey, fall in love with the same girl. Complications ensue.

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The White Squaw

as uncredited
Released: 1956-11-01

A Swedish settler (David Brian) starts a war when he tries to drive Dakotas off their Wyoming...

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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

as Banker
Released: 1957-09-15

A 15 episode serial in which boy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy try to solve the mystery of a...

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Perry Mason

as Security Officer Frank Crawford
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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The Fugitive

as Police Captain Carpenter
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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Maverick

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-22

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers...

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The Virginian

as Sheriff Halsey
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Carl Bruner
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as John Carver
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Ben Carter
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Mack Lewis
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Wagon Train

as Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant
First aired: 1957-09-18

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later...

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Wagon Train

as Sam Benson
First aired: 1957-09-18

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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Hawaiian Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-07

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...

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Cheyenne

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-20

Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff Cutler
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Sea Hunt

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-01-04

Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961...

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Studio One

as Big George
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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The Texan

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-29

The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which...

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Gunsmoke

as Boss
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Jessie
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Crossroads

as Chief Crane
First aired: 1955-10-07

An anthology series based on the activities of clergymen from different denominations.

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Arrest and Trial

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-15

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964...

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M Squad

as Police Lt. Ruddy
First aired: 1957-09-20

Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Riverboat

as Sergeant Major Carmody
First aired: 1959-09-13

Riverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds...

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The Tall Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-10

The Tall Man is a half-hour American western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett and the...

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Sugarfoot

as Emmett Clark
First aired: 1957-09-17

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Bronco

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-23

Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United...

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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

as Police Desk Sergeant
First aired: 1950-10-12

Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen,...

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Trackdown

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-04

Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...

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Hopalong Cassidy

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-09-19

Hopalong Cassidy was television's first western program. The series aired on NBC and stared...

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Black Saddle

as Mr. Simpson
First aired: 1959-01-10

Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44...

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Sam Benedict

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-09-15

Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The...

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Telephone Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-04-08

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...

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Cain's Hundred

as Sheriff Rainey
First aired: 1961-09-19

A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...

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I Led Three Lives

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-01-01

I Led Three Lives is an American drama series which was syndicated by Ziv Television Programs...

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Tightrope

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-08

Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September...

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Panic!

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-03-05

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The Alaskans

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-04

The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late...

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You Are There

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-02-01

You Are There is an American historical educational television and radio series broadcast over...

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Death Valley Days

as Mike Walsh
First aired: 1952-10-01

Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of...

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Death Valley Days

as Jim Davidson
First aired: 1952-10-01

Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Secretary of Agriculture
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Cannonball

as "Cannonball" Mike Malone
First aired: 1958-10-06

Followed the adventures of Mike Malone and Jerry Austin as they drove trucks across the US and...

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